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Old old Music
25-03-09, 15:27
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Criei esse topico pra postar algumas musicas antigas e falar sobre algumas bandas que gosto muito.
Bjundas. The BREAD O Bread foi formado em 1968, a partir do encontro entre David Gates e James Griffin. Acrescidos da presença de Robb Royer, o grupo começou a tocar nos bares de Los Angeles e contratado pela gravadora Warner/Elektra - inicialmente apenas para ser uma banda de estúdio. O baterista Mike Botts se juntou a eles em seguida. O primeiro single da banda, "Make It With You", alcançou o primeiro lugar da parada norte-americana da Billboard, em 1970. O sucesso inesperado com o álbum "Bread", de 1969, fez com que a banda começasse a realizar apresentações ao vivo pelos Estados Unidos. O soft-rock de fácil assimilação conquistou as paradas norte-americanas, com destaque para "If", "Everything I Own", "Baby I'm-A Want You", "Guitar Man", "infringement" e "Aubrey". Ao mesmo tempo, criou-se um choque de egos entre seus componentes Gates e Griffin. A banda iria acabar em 1973. Três anos mais tarde, reencontraram-se para lançarem um último trabalho, "Lost Without Your Love", também bem recebido pela crítica e público. The Guitar Man Make It With You Everything I Own |
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25-03-09, 16:12
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Earl Grant
Earl Grant (January 20, 1931 - June 11, 1970) was an American easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 60's Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Grant was gifted with keyboard skills and a fine singing voice. Other instruments he was skilled at playing were trumpet, drums and Hammond organ. Grant attended four music schools, then became a music teacher, augmenting his income by performing in clubs during his army service, stationed in Texas. Before long, Grant signed with Decca Records in 1958 and his first single "The End" reached number 7 on the music charts. Ebb Tide, released in 1961, was his first album, which also rose to number 7 on the charts. He recorded five more singles that made the charts, including "Swingin' Gently" (from Ebb Tide), and six additional albums (mostly on the Decca Records label) through 1968. He also recorded the album Yes Sirree and the instrumental album Trade Winds, single-tracked on the Hammond organ and piano, featuring the love theme from the film El Cid and Chaplin's "Eternally". This album features some very realistic sounding "tropical bird calls" done on the organ. "The House of Bamboo" was a famous single cut. Grant also made a few appearances in film and television, including Tender Is the Night (1962), Juke Box Rhythm (1959), and The Ed Sullivan Show (1961). He died instantly in a car accident in Lordsburg, New Mexico, at the age of 39. The end |
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26-03-09, 08:53
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Paul Anka
Com catorze anos, gravou "I Confess", encorajado pelos seus pais. Em 1957, Anka foi para Nova Iorque onde fez um teste para a ABC, cantando uma canção de amor que escrevera para uma babá, Diana Ayoub. A canção, "Diana", trouxe um estrelato instantâneo a Paul. "Diana" é uma das mais vendidas da época na história da música (no Brasil também fez sucesso a versão em português cantada por Carlos Gonzaga). Ele seguiu com quatro músicas que chegaram às top 20 de 1958, fazendo-o o maior ídolo dos adolescentes da época. Ele fêz turnês no Reino Unido e depois, com Buddy Holly, na Austrália. Seu talento foi além, escrevendo "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", um grande sucesso de Buddy Holly; o tema do Tonight Show de Johnny Carson (na época); o maior successo de Tom Jones, "She's A Lady"; e My Way, cantado por Elvis Presley e Frank Sinatra, entre outros. Nos anos 60, Anka começou a atuar em filmes, assim como escrevendo músicas para eles, mais notávelmente o tema deThe Longest Day. Então, ele se tornou um dos primeiros cantores de pop a se apresentar nos cassinos de Las Vegas My Way Diana |
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28-03-09, 10:03
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The Platters
The Platters were a successful vocal group of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition, and the burgeoning new genre. The original group members were Alex Hodge, Cornell Gunther, David Lynch, Joe Jefferson, Gaynel Hodge and Herb Reed. The Platters formed in Los Angeles in 1953 and were initially managed by Ralph Bass. The group had a contract with Federal Records but had found little success before meeting music entrepreneur and songwriter Buck Ram. The band recorded a series of singles backing Linda Hayes before Ram made some changes to the lineup, most notably the addition of lead vocalist Tony Williams (Linda Hayes' brother) and female vocalist Zola Taylor. Under Ram's guidance, the Platters recorded seven singles for Federal in the R&B/gospel style, scoring a few minor regional hits on the West Coast. One song recorded during their Federal tenure, Only You (And You Alone), originally written by Ram for the Ink Spots was deemed unreleasable by the label.[2] Despite their lack of chart success, the Platters were a profitable touring group--successful enough that The Penguins, coming off their #2 Earth Angel single, asked Ram to manage them as well. With the Penguins in hand, Ram was able to parlay Mercury Records' interest into a 2-for-1 deal. To sign the Penguins, Ram insisted, Mercury also had to take the Platters. Ironically, the Penguins would never have a hit for the label.[1] What set The Platters apart from most other groups of the era was that Ram had the group incorporate. Each member received equal shares of stock, full royalties and their Social Security was paid. As group members left, Ram and his business partner, Jean Bennett, bought their stock which gave them ownership of the "Platters" name, which would become significant later. The Platters - Great Pretender, Only You (live) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes |
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